Will the AEBS support 2 USB Hard drives through a 4-port USB hub?

I am wondering if I can plug my 2 external USB hard drives into a Airport Extreme Base Station at once using a 4-port USB hub. I'd like to use this configuration for Time Machine. One hard drive for each of my computers (ibook and iMac). Anyone have any experience doing this? If so, will the USB hub considerably slow down the data transfer?

I'd like to use this configuration for Time Machine. One hard drive for each of my computers (ibook and iMac).

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I currently use one of them as Time Machine disk, the other just for "space". Don't see any problems with setting up the iBook and iMac to use different disks in their respective TM preferences... that first backup is painfully slow, though...

Having an old MacBook with G-capable wifi only, I even started up that initial backup wirelessly, quit, connected the disk using USB and finished it over USB, then reconnected the disk to the USB hub connected to my...even that was painfully slow...

Agree with Mitthrawnuruodo. I'm set up similarly: a 4-port USB hub to the AEBS with two external drives and a printer. No problems accessing all three devices. I use one of the hard drives as a common data area that I can reach from my laptops and the other one as an archive drive. For Time Machine, I have a third external drive which is connected to my iMac via Firewire; my laptops each have their own portable drives for Time Machine.

is it possible to connect a HDD and a dvd drive through a usb hub using airport extreme????

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i dont think that would be possible. it would only be possible on a 'n; network anyway because i know from sharing a dvd over a network completely bogged it down and froze up every 10seconds or so. quite annoying.

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